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Note publique d'information : "Jewish law is a singular legal system that has been evolving for generations. Often
conflated with Biblical law or Israeli law, Jewish law needs to be studied in its
own right. An Introduction to Jewish Law expounds the general structure of Jewish
law and presents the cardinal principles of this religious legal system. An introduction
to modern Jewish law as it applies to the daily life of Jews around the world, this
volume presents Jewish law in a way that answers all the questions a student of Comparative
Law would ask when encountering an unfamiliar legal system. Sources of Jewish law
such as revelation, rabbinical and communal legislation, judicial decisions, and legal
reasoning are defined and analyzed, and the authority of who decides what Jewish law
is and why their decisions are binding is investigated"--Page 4 of cover